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Dr Tousif Kabir

Dr Tousif Kabir

FRCS (Edinburgh), MRCS (Glasgow), M.Med (S'pore), MBBS (S'pore)

Consultant

Sengkang General Hospital

Specialty: General Surgery, Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Transplant Surgery

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Bile Duct Cancer, Gallstones, Liver Diseases (i.e. Viral Hepatitis, Fatty Liver, Alcoholic Liver Disease, Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertensions), Liver Metastasis, Neuroendocrine Tumors, Pancreas Cancer, Pancreatic Cysts, Pancreatitis.

Clinical Appointments

  • Consultant Department of General Surgery Sengkang General HospitalSengkang General Hospital
  • Consultant Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) Service Sengkang General HospitalSengkang General Hospital

Profile

Dr Kabir graduated from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2011. He obtained his Master of Medicine (Surgery) from NUS in 2016. After completing his surgical specialist training in Singapore, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2017.

Dr Kabir is a Consultant in the Department of General Surgery, Sengkang General Hospital. He has a keen interest in both benign and malignant Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgical conditions, including both open and minimally invasive procedures.

Dr Kabir is actively involved in education, and currently holds the appointments of Clinical Teacher and Adjunct Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian (LKC) School of Medicine, Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Adjunct Instructor, DUKE-NUS, Physician Faculty Member for PGY 1 Programme, SingHealth, Physician Faculty Member for SingHealth General Surgery Residency Programme and Instructor for Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Course.

Dr Kabir has over 30 publications to his name at the time of his writing. He also serves as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals.

Education

  • FRCS (Edinburgh)
  • MRCS (Glasgow)
  • M.Med (S'pore)
  • MBBS (S'pore)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, DUKE-NUS Medical School
  • Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
  • Adjunct Lecturer and Clinical Teacher, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University
  • Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (Singapore), Member
  • International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Member
  • Academic Medicine Education Institute, Member
  • Clinical Quality Improvement Committee, Surgery, Academic Clinical Program, Member

Awards

  • SingHealth RISE award, Outstanding Faculty Member, 2020
  • Clinician Leadership in Research (CLR) Award, 2015

 

Research Interests

Publications

  1. Chew MH, Teo JY, Kabir T, Koh PK, Eu KW, Tang CL. Stage IV Colorectal Cancers: An Analysis of Factors Predicting Outcome and Survival in 728 cases. J Gastrointest Surg. 2012 Mar;16(3):603-12. Epub 2011 Oct 19

  2. Tan WJ, Pek W, Kabir T, Goh YC, Chan WH, Wong WK, Ong HS. Alvarado score: a guide to computed tomography utilization in appendicitis.ANZ J Surg. 2013 Oct;83(10):748-52. Epub 2013 Jan 27.

  3. Tan WJ, Pek W, Kabir T, Chan WH, Wong WK, Ong HS. Clinical outcome and cost comparison between laparoscopic and open appendicectomy. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2014 Sep;43(9):464-8

  4. Kabir T, Goh BK. Contemporary techniques commonly adopted for performing laparoscopic liver resection. Laparosc Surg 2018;2:61. doi: 10.21037/ls.2018.10.11

  5. Kabir T, Wong KY. Perforated appendicitis with periappendicular abscess within an incisional hernia: a report of an unusual case and a review of the literature. Int Surg J. 2019 Jan;6(1):299-303 http://www.ijsurgery.com

  6. Cai M, Kabir T, Jeyaraj PR. A curious case of refractory hematochezia. Gastroenterology. 2019 Jan 2. pii: S0016-5085(18)35428-3. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.12.017. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID:30610866

  7. Kabir T, Choke ETC, Kam JH. Unusual discovery in the liver: intrahepatic portal vein aneurysm. ANZ J Surg. 2019 Apr 11. doi: 10.1111/ans.15113. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.PMID:30977216

  8. Kabir T, Tan ZZX, Chung AYF. Circumportal pancreas: A report of two cases. Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2019 Aug;23(3):300-304. doi: 10.14701/ahbps.2019.23.3.300. Epub 2019 Aug 30. PMID:31501823

  9. Kabir T, Ye M, Mohd Noor NA, Woon W, Junnarkar SP, Shelat VG. Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio plus platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts the outcomes after curative resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. Int J Hepatol. 2019 Apr 2;2019:4239463. doi: 10.1155/2019/4239463. eCollection 2019. PMID:31065387

  10. Kabir T, Tan ZZX, Syn N, Chung AYF, Ooi LLPJ, Goh BKP. Minimally-invasive versus open enucleation for pancreatic tumours: A propensity-score adjusted analysis. Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2019 Aug;23(3):258-264. doi: 10.14701/ahbps.2019.23.3.258. Epub 2019 Aug 30. PMID:31501815

  11. Kabir T, Tan ZZX, Chua DW, Syn N, Goh BK. Early experience with laparoscopic liver resection for spontaneously ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma. J Minim Access Surg. 2019 Apr 24. doi: 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_47_19. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:31031321

  12. Kabir T, Goh BK. Role of laparoscopic liver resection in the elderly: promising results but more high-level evidence needed. Laparosc Surg 2019;3:10. doi:10.21037/ls.2019.03.01

  13. Goh BKP, Kabir T, Koh YX  et al. External validation of the Japanese difficulty scoring system for minimally-invasive distal pancreatectomies. Am J Surg. 2019 Mar 15. pii: S0002-9610(19)30194-1. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.03.012. [Epub ahead of print]

  14. Loh WL, Ng NZP, Kabir T, Chan CY. Rare case of gallbladder mucocele causing gastric outlet obstruction treated with cholecystectomy. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2019 Mar 21;57:84-87. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.03.013. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:30925449. 

  15. Tian TQ, Huar KJ, Kabir T. An Unexpected Case of Right Iliac Fossa Pain: Amyand Hernia. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jul 4. pii: S1542-3565(19)30730-X. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.06.039. [Epub ahead of print]

  16. Syn NL, Kabir T, Koh YX et al. Survival Advantage of Laparoscopic Versus Open Resection For Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data From Randomized Trials and Propensity-score Matched Studies. Ann Surg. 2019 Oct 22

  17. Kabir T, Syn N, Ramkumar M et al. Effect of surgical delay on survival outcomes in patients undergoing curative resection for primary hepatocellular carcinoma: Inverse probability of treatment weighting using propensity scores and propensity score adjustment. Surgery. 2019 Oct 30. PMID:31677800

  18. Kabir T, Syn N, Goh BKP. Current status of laparoscopic liver resection for the management of colorectal liver metastases. J Gastrointest Oncol 2020. doi: 10.21037/ jgo.2020.02.05

  19. Kabir T, Syn NL, Tan ZZX et al. Predictors of post-operative complications after surgical resection of hepatocellular carcinoma and their prognostic effects on outcome and survival: A propensity-score matched and structural equation modelling study. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2020 Apr 2

  20. Peri V, Jiang M, Kabir T. Dyspnea Caused by Bochdalek Hernia Associated With Intrathoracic Kidney. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Apr 26

  21. Seah AWM, Tan WJ, Kabir T. Rare presentation of infected duplication cysts in an adult. ANZ J Surg. 2020 May 1

  22. Tan EWK, Monteiro AY, Ur Rehman M, Kabir T. Per-rectal passage of intestinal cast: an unusual complication of pseudomembranous enterocolitis in an immunocompromised patient and literature review. ANZ J Surg. 2020 May 4. 

  23. Goh BKP, Kabir T, Koh YX et al. Critical Appraisal of the Impact of Individual Surgeon Experience on the Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomies: Collective Experience of Multiple Surgeons at a Single Institution. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2020 May 8

  24. Teo QT, Chua HW, Kabir T. Not Your Usual Painful Groin Lump: De Garengeot's Hernia [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 8]. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020;S1542-3565(20)30640-6. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2020.05.006

  25. Lee SQ, Kabir T, Koh YX, Teo JY, Lee SY, Kam JH, Cheow PC, Jeyaraj PR, Chow PKH, Ooi LL, Chung AYF, Chan CY, Goh BKP. A single institution experience with robotic and laparoscopic distal pancreatectomies. Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2020 Aug 31;24(3):283-291. doi: 10.14701/ahbps.2020.24.3.283. PMID: 32843593; PMCID: PMC7452804.

  26. Kabir T, Kam JH, Chew MH. Cholecystectomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: Current evidence and an understanding of the 'new' critical view of safety: Correspondence. Int J Surg. 2020 Jul;79:307-308. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.06.012. Epub 2020 Jun 9. PMID: 32526267; PMCID: PMC7280106.

  27. Kabir T, Ngaserin S, Koh FH, Huang J, Ong BC, Chew MH. The COVID-19 conundrum: SARS-CoV-2 is not present in bile. Br J Surg. 2020 Jul 20:10.1002/bjs.11820. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11820. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32779750; PMCID: PMC7404877.

  28. Kabir T, Mohd Noor NA. Comment on: Resilience in surgery. Br J Surg. 2020 Sep 14. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11878. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32924156.

  29. Ong LWL, Kabir T, Kam JH. Unusual location for an ingested foreign body. ANZ J Surg. 2020 Sep 30. doi: 10.1111/ans.16317. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32996686.

  30. Syn NL, Kabir T, Goh BKP. Response to comment on "Survival Advantage of Laparoscopic Versus Open Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases". Ann Surg. 2020 Jun 24. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32590543.

  31. Mohan R, Kabir T, Wu AGR, Lim KI, Goh BKP. Analysis of perioperative outcomes following laparoscopic repeat liver resection compared to laparoscopic primary liver resection based on a single surgeon's experience: A 1:2 propensity score-matched study. Surg Oncol. 2020 Oct 2;35:382-387. doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2020.09.020. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33035786.

  32. Kabir T, Issa M, Starkey G. Rare presentation of a symptomatic primary neuroendocrine tumour of small bowel mesentery. ANZ J Surg. 2020 Nov 6. doi: 10.1111/ans.16431. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33159428.

 

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